Your pretty much spot on there Purplebear. I used to do a bit of HGV work a few years ago, and it made me laugh when you saw inpatient car/van drivers jockeying for lanes, bullying themselves into the quickest flowing traffic only to find them stationary shortly after and stressed out. The wagon in lane 1 just rolls past cool as ice.
On short journeys (>25 miles) even bike filtering like you say is only saving you a minute or two, but its very satisfying
My old long distance commute (250 miles) on average filtering saved me 45-60 minutes compared to in the car. This was due to the dreaded m5/m6 junction before the toll road opened.
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On short journeys (>25 miles) even bike filtering like you say is only saving you a minute or two, but its very satisfying

My old long distance commute (250 miles) on average filtering saved me 45-60 minutes compared to in the car. This was due to the dreaded m5/m6 junction before the toll road opened.
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